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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[April, 1915. 



son, Esq., Walton Grange ; and Z. A. Ward, 

 Esq., Northenden. 



Silver Aledals were granted to Airs. R. le 

 Doux, West Derby; F. A. Hnidle\-, Esq., 

 Bradford ; ^^lessrs. C)pher and Sons, Chel- 

 tenham ; Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans ; Alessrs. A. J. Keehng and Sons, 

 Bradford ; and ]\Ir. W. Shackleton, Bradford. 



Other e.xhibitors mcluded S. Gratrix, Esq., 

 iSh. 13. McLeod, and Messrs. Hassall and Co. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum crispum Walton Beaut}', 

 good round flower, rich marble markings ; 

 and Cypripedium aureum H\ eanum "Goliath," 

 a large flower of the type, both from Wm. 

 Thompson, Esq. 



Odontoglossum Herculaneum, a large 

 round flower of perfect form, each of the 

 segments having a large blotch on the pure 

 white ground. One of the finest hybrid 

 Odontoglossums. 



Cypripedium Desdemona " Haddon House 

 var." (Alcibiadcs ,x Mrs. Cary Batten), a very 

 hne flow^er, dorsal sepal 3 inches across, well 

 marked and margined with white, petals 

 I A inches wide, from P. .Smith, Esq. 



Awards of ]\1erit. 



Odontioda Patricia (Oda. Charlesworthii x 

 Odm. Phoebe), and Cypripedium Britannia, 

 parentage unknown, both from Wm. Thomp- 

 son, Esq. 



Odontioda Seymourje var. Mica (Charles- 

 worthii X Bradshawije), from R. Ashworth, 

 Esq. 



Awards of Appreciation. 



Odontioda Euterpe and Oncidioda walton- 

 cnsis (C. \'ulcanica ^ O. incurvum), both from 

 Wm. Thompson, Esq. 



March 4th, 1915. 



^Members of the Committee present : Rev. 

 J Crombleholme (in the chair), Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, J. J. Bolton, J. Cypher, J. Evans, 

 A. Hanmer, Dr. Hartle}', J. Howes, J. Lupton, 

 D. McLeod, C. Parker, W. Shackleton, H. 

 Thorp, Z. A. Ward and H. Arthur (Secretary). 



Large Silver Medals were aw^arded to 

 R. Ashworh, Esq., Newchurch, and Wm. 

 Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, for excellent 

 exhibits. 



Silver Medals were granted to Col. J. 

 Rutherford, Blackburn ; Messrs. Cypher 



and Sons, Cheltenham ; and Messrs. Sander 

 and Sons, St. Albans. 



Other exhibitors included A. J. Oakshott, 

 Esq., Birkenhead ; S. Gratrix, Esq., \\ halley 

 Range ; J. Buttcrworth, Esq., Burnle\' ; 

 Messrs. A. J. Keeling and Sons, Bradford ; 

 and Mr. D. McLeod, Chorlton-cum-Hard_\-. 



First-class Certificate. 



Cypripedium Daisy Barclay var. nigrum, a 

 massive flower of deep colour, with broad, flat 

 petals, from Wm. Thompson, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Laelio - Cattleya Lucasiana var. atro- 

 purpurea, and Odontoglossum illustrissimum 

 " W. L. Evans," both from W^m. Thompson, 

 Esq. 



Odontoglossum excellens " ]\Irs. R. 

 Ashworth," and Odontioda Bradshawiae 

 " Ashlands var.," both from R. Ashworth, 

 Esq. 



Odontoglossum Aireworth " Rosy Gem," 

 and O. amabile " Mrs. A. Oakshott," both 

 from A. J. Oakshott, Esq. 



Odontioda West Point Beauty (Oda. 

 Bradshawiae x Odm. eximium), from S. 

 Gratrix, Esq. 



Odontoglossum maculum (maculatum x 

 aspersum), from W'm. Thompson, Esq. 



